• Source: Labrador ice sheet

The Labrador ice sheet was a major ice sheet that periodically covered large parts of North America during glacial periods over the last ~2.6 million years.




Description


The Labrador Ice Sheet radiated from two focus points. The primary Quebec Dome, centered over the Ungava Peninsula. A second dome, called the Hudson Bay Dome was to the west on shore of Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba.




See also


Laurentide Ice Sheet
Cordilleran ice sheet
Keewatin ice sheet
Baffin ice sheet




References






Bibliography


Fulton, R. J. & Prest, V. K. (1987). Introduction: The Laurentide Ice Sheet and its Significance. Géographie physique et Quaternaire, 41 (2), 181–186.

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